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{{Short description|Breed of domestic water buffalo}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox water buffalo breed
| name          = Nili-Ravi
| image         = Farms in Gujrat, Pakistan.jpg
| image_alt     = 
| image_caption = 
| status        = {{ubl|[[FAO]] (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|page=135}}|[[DAD-IS]] (2025): not at risk{{r|dad2}}}}| altname       = Nili Ravi
| country       = 
| distribution  = {{ubl|Bangladesh|China|India|Pakistan|Philippines|Sri Lanka|Brazil|Venezuela{{r|dad2|ijas}}}}
| use           = dairy
| maleweight    = 700 kg{{r|bianca|page=69}}
| femaleweight  = 600 kg{{r|bianca|page=69}}
| maleheight    = 135 cm{{r|bianca|page=69}}
| femaleheight  = 125 cm{{r|bianca|page=69}}
| coat          = black or brown
| skincolour    = 
| type          = River
| note          = 
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The '''Nili-Ravi''' is a [[List of water buffalo breeds|breed]] of domestic [[water buffalo]] of the [[Punjab (region)|Punjab]] region of Pakistan and India.{{r|dad2|bianca|page2=69}} It is similar to the [[Murrah (buffalo)|Murrah]] breed of buffalo, and is reared mainly for [[dairy]] use. The average milk yield is approximately {{val|2000|u=kg}} per year; the record yield is {{val|6535|u=kg}} in a [[lactation]] of 378 days.{{r|bianca|page=69}}

It is distributed mainly in the [[Bahawalnagar (district)|Bahawalnagar]],  [[Bahawalpur (district)|Bahawalpur]], [[Faizabad (district)|Faizabad]], [[Lahore (district)|Lahore]], [[Multan (district)|Multan]], [[Okara (district)|Okara]], [[Sahiwal (district)|Sahiwal]] and [[Sheikhupura (district)|Sheikhupura]] districts of the Pakistani Punjab and the [[Amritsar (district)|Amritsar]], [[Firozpur (district)|Firozpur]] and [[Gurdaspur (district)|Gurdaspur]] districts of the Indian Punjab.{{r|nddb}}

[[File:Animals around NAshik.jpg|thumb|A Nili-Ravi female in Maharashtra]]

== References ==
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<ref name=barb>Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20200623201209/http://www.fao.org/3/a1250e/annexes/List%20of%20breeds%20documented%20in%20the%20Global%20Databank%20for%20Animal%20Genetic%20Resources/List_breeds.pdf List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources], annex to: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170110125634/http://www.fao.org/3/a-a1250e.pdf ''The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture'']. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. {{isbn|9789251057629}}. Archived 23 June 2020.</ref>

<ref name=bianca>Bianca Moioli, Antonio Borghese (2005). [http://www.fao.org/3/a-ah847e.pdf Buffalo Breeds and Management Systems]. In Antonio Borghese (editor) (2005). ''Buffalo Production and Research''. REU Technical Series 67. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Pages: 51–76.</ref>

<ref name=dad2>[https://dadis-transboundary-ext-ws.web.app/?species=Cattle&transboundary=Devon&lang=en Transboundary breed: Nili-Ravi]. Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2025.</ref>

<ref name=ijas>Jesus Reggeti (2010). [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4081/ijas.2007.s2.155 Water buffaloes in Venezuela]. ''Italian Journal of Animal Science''. '''6'''  (Issue sup2: Proceedings of the 8th World Buffalo Congress, Caserta, October 19-22, 2007): 155–161. {{doi|10.4081/ijas.2007.s2.155}}. {{subscription required}}.</ref>

<ref name=nddb>[https://www.dairyknowledge.in/article/nili-ravi Nili-Ravi]. Dairy Knowledge Portal. Anand, Gujarat: National Dairy Development Board. Accessed June 2025.</ref>

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{{Water buffalo breeds}}

[[Category:Livestock in Punjab]]
[[Category:Water buffalo breeds originating in India]]
[[Category:Water buffalo breeds originating in Pakistan]]


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